Paper file or holder



(No Mdel.)

J.H.STULL.

PAPER FILBOR OLDBR.

l N0. 341,960. Patented May 18, 1886.

JACOB H. CS'IULL, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

Parcs FILE en HoLnER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,960, dated May 18, 1886.

Application tiled March Q5, 1886. Serial No. 196,470. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAcon H. STULL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Files and Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l oi' the drawings is a perspective view of my improved paper-tile, showing the two hinged sections of the frame in position to bring their respective wires on line with each other and prevent the papers from being accidentally withdrawn; Fig.l 2, a similar View showing the upper hinge-section thrown back when access to a certain paper is desired; Fig. 8, an end View of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 a

detail view of a portion of one of the indei;`

plates. A

The present invention has relation to that class oi' paper-files wherein is employed a series of index-sheets and filing-wires formed in sections connected, respectively, to the upper and lower backs or covers of the device, and when access to a certain paper is desired the upper one ofthe backs or covers is thrown back ont of the way, the sections of wire thereof carrying with it those of the papers and indexsheets above the one required.

It is the object of the invention to improve the construction of the above-mentioned class of paper-files, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed ont in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the frame of the device consists of two right-angle sections, A B, hinged together, as shown. The upper portion ofthe section A has connected to it a wire, a., formed with a socket in its end to iit over the pointed en-d of a wire, b, projecting from the lower portion of the section B, a suitable spring-catch, c, keeping the section A in an upright position, as shown in Fig. l..

rlhe papers C, having the accounts or .meinoranda thereon, bills, or other papers used, are placed between the index-plates D, composed oi" a rigid material, in contradistinction to sheets of paper usually employed, and are preferably constructed of metal, so as to pro vide weighted index-sheets to keep the papers pressed out smooth and prevent the corners of the papers from curling or being torn, this feature of the invention being considered ofimportance in this class of paper les or holders.

As the index-plates are constructed of metal, I prefer to have two or more letters on each ofthe plates, to decrease the weight and bulkiness ot' the device by decreasing their number, and also making the device less expensive to manufacture.

It will be noticed that the upright portion ofthe two sections A B, forming the back of the device, also forms a gage for 'the edges of the papers and index-plates to keep them straight and even, thereby avoiding the necessity of using two sets oi' wires.

Then any particular paper is required, the papers and index-plates above `it are brought up on the wire of the upper framesection and said section thrown back, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby enabling the paper to be removed and replaced or a new one substituted or added. The device is equally applicable toA keep accounts or manuscripts on file, for druggists use in tiling away prescriptions, and various other uses where it is found important to preserve any papers or instruments in writing. rlhe index plates l) have upturned corners d, so as to give suiicient room between the plates to slide the iinger or iingers in, in order that they may be easily raised up.

The frame-sections may be made of wood, metal, or any other desirable material, and each of the index-plates has acentral pcrfora tion, through which pass the wires.

Having now fully described my invention,` what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A paper iile or holder consisting of two hinged right-angle sections constituting the frame thereof, each of which is provided with a section of filing-wire, and provided with index-plates, and a spring-catch for holding the upper one of the sect-ions in an upright or closed position, the vertical portions ot' the sections, when closed, forming a back to the frame, and the horizontal portion. of the upper section, when thrown back, forminga sup- IOO port for the papers and indexplates, snbstan- In testimony that I claim the above I have tially as and for the purpose set forth. hereunto subscribed my naine in the presence Io 2. In a paper le or holder, a frame conof tWo witnesses. sisting of two hinged sections having the ilingl JACOB H STULL Wires connected thereto, in combination with meta-lindeX-plates having their corners turned Vitnesses:

up, substantially as and for'the purpose speoi- MORRIS E. TYLER, ed. JERRYO. LYNCH. 

